John Naprawa

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Tensile Testing
HDPE- Tensile Testing

Please note that not all data points from the tensile test were used. Only the first 165 data
points were used to make the plot (shortly after yield)

Figure 1: HDPE Stress vs Time plot

Stress vs Time
35
30
Stress (MPa)

25
20
15
10
5
0
0 5 10 15 20
time

Figure 2: HDPE Log(Stress) vs Time plot

Log (Stress) vs time

2
y = 0.0241x + 1.2095
1.5

0.5

0
0 5 10 15 20
-0.5
Figure 3: HDPE Stress vs Strain plot

Stress vs Strain
35
30
Stress (MPa)

25
20
15
10
5
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Strain

Figure 4: Acrylic Stress vs Time Plot

Stress vs Strain
100
80 y = 1437x + 2.1494
60
Stress

40
20
0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06
Strain

Figure 5: Acrylic Log(stress) vs Time plot

log(Stress) vs Time
3
y = 0.0437x + 0.8024
2
log(Stress)

1
0
-1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

-2
-3
Time(s)
Figure 6: Acrylic Stress vs Strain

Stress vs Strain
100
80 y = 1437x + 2.1494
60
Stress

40
20
0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06
Strain

Table 1: Tabulated values Tensile testing

MATERIAL YIELD STRESS YIELD FORCE (N) YIELD YIELD STRAIN
(MPA) ELONGATION
(MM)
HDPE 33.129 1347.43127 5.94995 0.0786198
ACRYLIC 73.88719228 4.27831 4.27831 0.055656433

Relaxation Testing
Acrylic Relaxation

Figure 7: Acrylic Stress vs Time Plot

Stress vs Time
70
60
50
Stress (Mpa)

40
30
20
10
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Time (s)
Figure 8: Acrylic Log (stress) vs Time plot

Stress vs Time (Log)

4.15
4.1
log Stress (Mpa)

4.05
4
3.95
3.9
y = -0.0004x + 4.0115
3.85
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Time (s)

Sample caculations Acrylic Relaxation

HDPE Relaxation

Figure 10: Acrylic Ln (stress) vs Strain

 ln(stress) vs time
3.5

2.5

1.5

1 y = -0.0013x + 2.8363

0.5

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Sample Calculations HDPE Relaxation